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Making Forum Posts Displayed With Your Local Time
I received an email from someone who asked about how to make forum posts reflect times appropriate for where they lived. The server we run the forum on is located in the Eastern US time zone, so all times will be set relative to that.

To adjust the time settings for your location, do the following:

• Click on your Forum Login Name displayed near the upper right and a drop-down appears.
• Click "Preferences" and a screen with various option settings appears.
• Scroll down and find the field labeled
  Timezone
• Click the dropdown and select the desired timezone (e.g. UTC-05:00 - America/New_York xx:xx AM)
• Scroll down and click the "Submit" button.

The times should automatically be adjusted for Daylight Savings shifts. That can cause problems with time being off an hour for some locations, so you may need to manually adjust the offset when the clocks change.

Setting a Custom Avatar for your Profile
I received an email from someone who asked about how to upload a custom Avatar that displays on the left side of each post you make, and in your profile. The Avatars can be done either by uploading an image, or linking to one you already have stored somewhere on the internet. Uploaded Avatars are limited to 80x80 pixels. There is a link provided below that allows you to easily resize your image to that size.

To resize an Avatar to 80x80

• Go to the following website; http://resizeimage.net/
• In the box labeled Upload an image or zip archive click on the Browse button and click on your selected image getting ready top upload it
• In the box labeled Resize Options click on the Common Sizes dropdown and select 80x80 Avatar
• Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Convert Images
• Once the image conversion is complete click on the Download Images button and save the file to a location on your hard disk that you can find in the steps below

To set a custom Avatar, do the following:

• Click on your Forum Login Name displayed near the upper right and a drop-down appears.
• Click "Edit Profile" and a screen with various settings appears.
• Scroll down to the bottom and check the button to Upload your Avatar, then click Browse and find the location where you saved the Avatar you want to upload
• Click the Submit button at the bottom

You should now have your custom Avatar stored